HOW DOES THE PEOPLE IN FRANCE MAINTAIN THE BEAUTY OF CLUNY ABBEY?

         Don't you know what's Cluny Abbey? Cluny Abbey or Cluni, or Clugny, is a Benedictine monastery in Cluny, Saône-et-Loire, France. It was built in the Romanesque style, with three churches built in succession from the 10th to the early 12th centuries. Cluny was founded by William I, Duke of Aquitaine in 910. He nominated Berno as the first Abbot of Cluny, subject only to Pope Sergius III. The Abbey was notable for its stricter adherence to the Rule of St. Benedict and the place where the Benedictine Order was formed, whereby Cluny became acknowledged as the leader of western monasticism. The establishment of the Benedictine order was a keystone to the stability of European society that was achieved in the 11th century. In 1790 during the French Revolution, the abbey was sacked and mostly destroyed. Only a small part of the original remains. Dating around 1334, the abbots of Cluny had a townhouse in Paris known as the Hôtel de Cluny, what is now a public museum since 1833. Apart from the name, it no longer possesses anything originally connected with Cluny. This is only a short breifing about Cluny Abbey. Now let' go the the next discussion about Cluny Abby.

        In my reseach, people in France maintained the beauty of Cluny Abby. It is so very important for them. They treasured it and clean it everyday. In history, The Cluny Abbey was founded in the Duchy of Burgundy, in A.D.910. The uniqueness of Cluny Abbey consisted in its complete independence from feudal or ecclesiastical control except that of the Pope. The autonomy of Cluny Abbey was helped by the geographical location, as a balance of power existed between France and Germany, and the Duke of Burgundy possessed only nominal authority. In 939, Louis IV d'Outremer confirmed the privilege which made the abbey completely independent of the temporal power, and from its inception, Cluny Abbey had no secular master.That makes them careful about this and it is very meaningful for them.

WHOLE VIEW OF CLUNY ABBEY

     That is the whole and upper view of Cluny Abbey. It was so cute right? It looks like a castle. In 910, Cluny I was started and completed and consecrated in 915 by the first abbott, Berno Baume. The Cluniac Order started at the same time that the construction of Cluny I was beginning. The order was defined as a biblical scholarship and a well-done church ceremony which stretched to the reaches of Germany, Italy, Spain, and England, but ended in 1790. Around 954, Cluny I was replaced with a much larger replication called Cluny II. By 1088, the foundation for Cluny III had started and then consecrated by Pope Urban in 1095 during Abbott Hugh's tenure. Plus, it was considered the largest building of it's kind during the pilgrimages. Cluny II and Cluny III were built to better suit and to fullfill the requirements of the incoming pilgrims and demands. There were four pilgrimage routes overall leading to Santiago, Vezelay, and Saint Gilles, in which two of routes originated at Cluny. During the pilgrimage period, Cluny was the designation of being a hospital, hotel, and a place for worship. Each route was lined with, what were called. hostels that belonged to the Cluniac monastaries. By the twelfth centrury, Cluny was able to house and accomadate 1200 fathers and brothers. The monks of Cluny were models of ascetic devotion, and the abbey soon acquired great fame due to its revival of monastic ideals. Cluny became so famous that monks everywhere in Europe wanted to join it. As a result, the "Congregation of Cluny" was formed. More monasteries were founded, following a new administrative rule. They were all subordinated to the abbot of the mother monastery at Cluny, not to their own abbots. The abbot of Cluny appointed a prior for each monastery. In the 12th century, there were over three hundred priories. By the eighteenth century, Cluny had undergone an emence number of attacks during the time of Enlightenment and the Revolution. During the tenth and elevnth century, Cluny was the in the middle of being the most widely respected church for the basis of the spiritual reform. During the many modifications, Cluny, at the end, had five radiating chapels, an ambulatory, a double transept, a double aisle, a long nave, pointed arches, an artistic apse, well-defined sculptures, and was proportioned just the correct amount. How I wish i can go there so that I can experience to visit the wonders of the world. It's a very nice place and a beautiful look a like castle.

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